ISOPODA Latreille, 1817
(woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Suborder 3 subtaxa 29 images 1 ident. refs
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Suborder 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Superfamily 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Family 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
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Suborder 11 subtaxa 82 images 4 ident. refs
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Family 1 subtaxa 9 images 1 ident. refs
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Suborder 4 subtaxa 122 images
Suborder 3 subtaxa 39 images
Family 3 subtaxa 39 images
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Genus 3 subtaxa 39 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)
SuperorderPERACARIDA (amphipods, woodlice, cumaceans etc.)
SubclassEUMALACOSTRACA (a subclass of crustaceans)
ClassMALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bate, C.S. & Westwood, J.O. 1863 *** A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea ***(Superseded) 507+536pp, Van Voorst
Sars, G.O. 1899 *** An account of the crustacea of Norway - Isopoda ***(Superseded) An account of the crustacea of Norway, Vol 2, 270+104 platespp, Bergen Museum
Vandel, A. 1960 *** Isopodes Terrestres (premiere partie) ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Vol 64, 419pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

Freshwater/Cave Species

Knight, L. 2007 Cave Life in Britain Scientific Publications, 12pp, Freshwater Biological Association

Freshwater

Gledhill, T. & Wallace, I. 2010 Module 9: advanced identification of miscellaneous taxa including Crustacea https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course

Freshwater/Invasive Species

Dobson, M. 2013 Identifying Invasive Freshwater Shrimps and Isopods (Ed 2) Scientific Publications, 2nd edition, 32pp, Freshwater Biological Association
Dobson, M. 2012 *** Identifying Invasive Freshwater Shrimps and Isopods ***(Superseded) Scientific Publications, 29pp, Freshwater Biological Association

Marine Planktonic Stages

() Conway, D.V.P. 2015 Marine Zooplankton of southern Britain. Part 3: Ostracoda, Stomatopoda, Nebaliacea, Mysida, Amphipoda, Isopoda, Cumacea, Euphausiacea, Decapoda, Annelida, Tardigrada, Nematoda, Phoronida, Bryozoa, Entoprocta, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata, Chaetognatha, Hemichordata and Chordata Occasional Publications, No. 27, 272pp, Marine Biological Association

Marine

() Naylor, E. & Brandt, A. 2015 British Marine Isopods Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 3, Second edition, Field Studies Council
() Naylor, E. 1972 *** British Marine Isopods ***(Superseded) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 3, 86pp, The Linnean Society of London
Norman, A.M. 1904 *** British Isopoda of the Families Aegidae, Cirolanidae, Idoteidae and Arcturidae ***(Superseded) Annals and Magazine of Natural History Ser 7, Vol xiv.

Marine/Plankton

Apstein, C. & Brandt, K.A.H. (eds) 1927 Crustacea Nordisches Plankton, 742pp, H. G. Bohn, London

Terrestrial

() Hopkin, S. 1991 A Key to the Woodlice of Britain & Ireland AIDGAP, 204, 650+16 colour platespp, Field Studies Council
Oliver, P.G. & Meechan, C.J. 1993 Woodlice: Keys and Notes for the Identification of the Species Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 49, 135pp, Field Studies Council
Savory, T.H. 1955 *** The World of Small Animals ***(Superseded) 160pp, University of London Press

ISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 73 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)
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